Stamp-affixer.



' E. W. NIELSEN.

STAMP AFFIXBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1909.

Patented. Nov. 9, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. W. NIELSEN.

STAMP AFFIXER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1909.

939,531 Patented Nov. 9,1909.

2 SHEETSSHBET 2.

EINAR W; NIELSEN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

STAMP-AFFIXER.

To all whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EmAnWV. NIELSEN, a subject of the King of Denmark,residing at Iloboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Aifixers;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as \Vlll enable others skilled in theart to which it appertams to make and a use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanyin drawings, andto figures of reference mar (edthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a stamp aiiixer and consists of a hahdle and aplunger, on the end of which is a stamp receptacle, the receptaclehaving a piston in sliding and sprin actuated engagement with theplunger, die piston having a tendency to force.

stamps, with a slight pressure, up against a separated restrainingmeans'on the open end of the receptacle, whereby most of the stamp isexposed to permitthe stamps tobe successively ll'lOiStGllGtjl andaffixed.

The invention further consists in a standard which may be secured to thehandle and which is adapted to contain a moistencr which passes acrossthe stamp, on the bottom of the. series of stamps, and moistens itbefore it is atlixed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a. view. of a stamp altixer showing an ordinary form ofmoistener.v Fig. 2 is a side view taken at right-angles to Fig. l, andFig. 3 is a bottom view showing the ailixer devoid of stamps. Fig. l: isa central vertical section showing the piston in elevation. Fig. :i isan elevation, but showingthe standard broken away so that the moisteningmeans can be seen. Fig. (3 is a bottom view ofFig. 5, and Fig. 7 is anend view thereof. Fig. 8 is a section similar to Fig. 5, but showing thestamp atlixer partly depressed.

The invention comprises a handle which is made up of a sleeve 10 whichhas, on one end, a receptacle 11 which is open at the bottom and whichwill be described more. fully hereinafter. Within the sleeve 10 is aplunger 12. the sleeve and the plunger be: mg recessed so as to form aspace 13 be tween them into which is installed the spring 14 to normallyforce them apart, the

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 3, 1909. SerialNo. 500,004.

Patented Nov; 9, 1909.

extension being limited by a screw in a slot 16, thls screw alsopreventing the plunger from turning. The top of the plunger is providedwith any usual form of grip 17, The reduced portion 18 of the plunger isrecessed to form a chamber 19 for the spring 20 which bears on the endofthe stein 2L and on the end of the recess to force the stem outward,the stem being provided on its end with a piston 22 which is pro.-'

vided, on its outer surface, preferably with a .sheet of felt 23.'lhespring 20 is light and is expected to bear only hard enough on thelayer of stamps 24 to force the outermost stamp so that its corners areheld under the (lips :25 and most of the stamp is exposed. The stampsare arranged in a pile, with the gunnned sides down, and are adaptcd tobe successively moistened by either being passed over a wet sponge orover a roller 20 which can be placed in the receptacle 27 which containsfluid 28 to moisten the roller. form can be employed.

When the allixer is passed over the moistener, the lower stamp. whichwill be slightly bowed on account of its being held only on the corners,will be moistened all over, except at these corners, and when theatfixer is placed down on the surface shown in Fig. stand then the grip17 is pressed down, the plunger passes down until the end of the reducedportion 18 presses on the top of the piston 22 and all the pressure fromthe hand is then transmitted directly to the bottom stamp and it issecurely stuck on the package or envelop to which it is to be attached.When the grip .17 is released and li l'ted u )wa rd the aliixer nes withit as soon as the screw or pin 15 gets to the end of the slot 16, andthe next stamp is ready for moistening. I

in Figs. 5 to 8 is illustrated a similar device, the sleeve 1.0 beinarranged to slide in a. bearing 25) of a standard 30 which consistspreferably of the horizontal top and suitable legs- 31, the standardpreferably being open from the ends and the sides to make it light andalso to make the parts easily accessible for the insertion of stamps.The sleeve 10 has a flange 32 thereon and between this flange andbearing 29 is a spring33, which spring is lighter than the spring 14.The spring 33 is thus the first to give way, and when the grip ispressed The nioistcner is old and any down, the sleeve rides down withit, and when the series of stamps is carried down the parts remain intheir same relative posif tioiis except for the motion of the sleeve it)through its bearings 22). \v'hen the stamps touch the article to bestamped the resistance of the spring ll is overcome and the plungerpasses down and its reduced portion 18 engages the top of the piston 22as before described, and the stamp is firmly pressed onto the surfacemen which the ath'Xer is placed. A moistener can be attached to theal'tixer, the inoistener consisting of two parallel arms 3%, which arepivoted on the .rod 35 which runs across from the opposite sides of thestandard, and being nor- -mally thrown upward by the spring 3b as willbe seen more particularly from Figs. :3, 6 and Si A pin 31 is engaged bythe end of the arms 34; to limit the upward movement caused by thespring 36.

A roller 38 which can be of any absorbent material calculated to containmoisture for a. long time is mounted at the ends of the arms and isadapted to pass across the guniined surface of the lower stamp, when thestamps. pass downward, by reason of the swinging of the arm caused bythe pins 39 passing down a cam surface 2L0, and causing the roller topass across as shown in Fig. 8. 'l'he pins 33) are so placed that whenthe stamps in the receptacle are down on the surface, the roller hasbeen swung back out of the path of the receptacle and the pins 39 havepassed beyond the ends of the spring =l-l and onto the surface l2. Whenthe grip is released ano. the stamps pass ,upward, the pins will passfrom the end of the spring ll over the top surface of the spring, and.over the top surface of the clips 43 that held the springs, and then.resumc their places as shown in Fig. 5, this path over the top ol thespring 41 on the upward travel of the alfixer and the inois-' tencrpreventing the engagement of the moistening roll with the stamps on theupward passage of the allixer.

l laving thus described my invention, what l claim is:

. 1. It stamp atliXer comprising a sleeve, a plunger in the sleeve, agrip on the end of the plunger, a stamp receptacle on the botltom of thesleeve, means for holding stamps in' thereceptacle, a moistening roll,means for pi'votally suspending the moistening roll heneatl'i'the stampreceptacle, and means for passing thenioistening roll across the bottomof the stamps when the stamp receptacle is forced downward.

2. A stamp allixer comprising a plunger in tlie'sleeve, a grip on thethe 1')lunger,,a stamp receptacle on the tom of the sleeve, means forlanding amps in the receptacle, a nioistening roll, means for pivot-allysuspending the moistei'ii v; roll bot i beneath the stamp receptacle,means for passing the moistening roll across the bottom ()i the stampswhen the stamp receptaclc is l'orccd downward, and means for returningthe moist cning roll to its normal position on the return of the stampreceptacle without touching the stamps.

3. A. stamp allixcr com n'ising a standard, a reciprocating stampreceptacle in the standard, means for operating the receptacle, amoistening device, means for passing the moistening device across thebottom 01 the receptacle when the receptacle is forced from its normalposition, and means for returning the moistener to its normal positionwhen the receptacle returns to its normal position, the returning meanspreventing the engagement of the moistener with the stamp receptacle onits return.

l. A stamp allixer con'iprising a standard, a stamp receptacle adaptedto reciprocate therein, means for reciprocating the receptacle, meansfor holding stamps in the receptacle, arms arranged to swing in thestandard, a inoistencr on the arms, co-acting means between thereceptacle and the arms for passing the moistener acrosh the stamps whenthe receptacle is forced downward, and co-acting means on the receptacleand the arms to prevent the engagement of the moistener with the stampsin the receptacle when the receptacle and the arm are returned to theirnormal position.

I). A. stamp allixer comprising a. standard, a stamp receptacle, meansfor reciprocating the stamp receptacle, arms arranged to swing in thestandard, a inoistening roll on the arms, a pin on the receptacle, a camsurface on the arms along Which the pin travels on the descent of thereceptacle to swing the arms, the inoistener on the arms adapted to passalong the bottom of the receptacle to moisten the stamps when the armsare swung, and means on the arms for preventing the engagement of thepin with the cam surface on the return of the arms and the receptacle.

6. A stamp allixer coi'nprising a standard, a stamp receptacle, meansfor reciprocating the stamp receptacle, arms swinging in the standard,means for normally.forcing the arms toward the receptacle, a moistcneron the arms, the arms each having a cam surface thereon, pins on thereceptacle arranged to engage the cam surfaces to swing the n'ioisteneracross the bottom oil? the receptacle to moisten the stamps when thereceptacle is forced downward, and a spring arranged to engage one ofthe pins on the return of the receptacle and the arms to prevent theengagement ot the moistener with the stamps.

7. A sl amp allixer comprising a sleeve, a plunger in the sleeve,springs bearing on the plunger and the sleeve to normallyforce themapart, means to limit the movement of.

the plunger and the sleeve,'a stamp receppressure is increased when theplunger is 10 mule on the end of the sleeve, restraining forced into thesleeve.

mean-a adapted to engage a stamp along its In testimony, that I. claimthe feregoing, edge, a piston in the stamp receptacle hav- 1 havehereunto set my hand tlns 17th day ing' a, stem )r0jecting"up into the,plunger, of May 1909.

and a light spring bearing on the stem EINAR \V. NIELSEN. whel'vh) thestem and the piston are con- \Vitnesses:

smelly fofced to cause the piston. 10 engage v E. A. FELL,

the stamps with a slight pressure, whichl WM. H. GAMmELn.

